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Revision as of 14:39, 22 December 2009
Like most years, 2009 was an interesting year in scene history.
Contents
Tours
- Amelia (2 dates)
- The Auditor General
- Bottom Rockers
- Empire Lies (GTA, 2 weeks)
- Faceless Hulk
- Forever Dead
- Jean-Paul de Roover (cross-country, 3 months)
- Moneyhoney (GTA, 2 weeks)
- Norris
- Revenge Of The Mormons
- Trench Foot (to Kenora to open for SNFU)
- Twins of Leda (to Dryden)
Breakups
- Mercedes OD
- Orange 95 (permanent hiatus)
- Revenge Of The Mormons
- Tender Mercy's Rhythm and Blues Band
- The Parkas (not really local, but contained the brothers Rhyno)
Major changes
- Adaptive Reaction moved to Toronto
- Dan Granholm replaced Cory Gauthier in Quitting Life
- Dan Robere left Empire Lies
- Tomsin skipped town and got kicked out of Trench Foot
- Warmaggedon changed its name to Killyourself
- Ashleigh Lazar joined Legoman Haircut
- Dave Angell quit The Auditor General and was replaced by Sean Skillen
- Richard LeBlanc quit Norris and was replaced by Sean Skillen
- Jamie Smith quit Norris and was replaced by Curt Mill
Major shows
- 3 Inches of Blood
- April Wine
- Bobby Curtola
- Cannibal Corpse
- Cat Empire
- Cattle Decapitation
- Chubby Checker
- Default
- Elliott Brood
- Flogging Molly
- Girlicious
- Goatwhore
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Harlequin
- Hinder
- Honeymoon Suite
- Jucifer
- Kelly and the Kellygirls
- Killswitch Engage / In Flames
- Lamb of God / As I Lay Dying / God Forbid / Municipal Waste
- Left Spine Down
- Lights / Keane
- Madcowboys
- Marc Emery
- Matthew Good
- Maximum RnR
- Misfits
- Moneen
- Nobunny
- Nomeansno
- Ohbijou
- Paradiso Girls
- Priestess
- Prism
- Protest The Hero
- SNFU
- Sebastian Bach
- Spookey Ruben
- Sweet
- Swollen Members
- The Madcaps
- The Mudmen
- Toxic Holocaust
- The Trews
- Trooper
- UK Subs
- United Steelworkers of Montreal
- White Cowbell Oklahoma
- You Say Party We Say Die
Major events
- Bay of the Dead
- Bluesfest
- Bridge Theatre Fair
- Canada Day at the Marina
- Celtic Bash
- Country Fest
- David Hauck Tribute
- Electronika
- Grand Marais Jazz Festival
- Harbourfest
- Hunger Cabaret
- Kakabeka Street Fair
- Last Band Standing (won by Alaska Army Band)
- Music for the Masses
- Music for Darfur
- Sugar Shakedown
- Sundays In The Park
- Super Sexy Saturday
- The Cover Show
- Tokyopop+Shock
- Wigginstock
- Rock For Rock
Venue changes
- C2 became The Roxy
- Disgraceland held its last show
- Kilroys started doing floor shows
- Rockhouse opened
- Harry's Pool Hall did a few shows
New Bands
- Chuck Finale
- Death and Destruction
- The Dweezils
- Eyes of Chong
- Flash Gordon
- Fluorescent Brown
- Gunboat
- Hot Sauce
- Last Boss
- Minotaur
- New Farm
- A New Machine
- Purity Control
- Scarty Crew
- Sleepless Lullaby
- Sound Escape
- Sr. Detonator
- Twins of Leda
- Vagina Wizard
- The Vilification
- We Belong In Fiction
New Albums
- Adaptive Reaction
- Alaska Army Band
- Bottom Rockers
- Jean-Paul de Roover
- Last Night
- Maraday Park
- Norris
- Revenge Of The Mormons (two)
- Rodney Brown
- The Auditor General
- Webster Death
- Warmageddon (EP)
Reunited
Miscellaneous
- Paul Shaffer put out a book
- Madcowboys dissed us hard to Exclaim
- tbshows listed over 800 shows
- There was a wave of theft around September